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English

Etymology

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Adjective

micturient (not comparable)

1. Having a need to urinate.

Related terms

• micturate

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mictur?re (“to have the urge to urinate”), from mict?rus, from mei? (“urinate”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?mey??- (“to urinate”). Though borrowed from Latin in Modern English (in the mid 19th century), the root of this word was present in Old English in the word m?gan (and whence Early Middle English mi?en), which simply meant “to urinate”.See: Mingere and meiere: urination.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?kt????e?t/

Verb

micturate (third-person singular simple present micturates, present participle micturating, simple past and past participle micturated)

1. (intransitive, physiology, formal) To urinate.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urinate

Derived terms

• micturient
• micturition

Related terms

• retromingent

Translations

Further reading

• “micturate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.